In Sermon Illustrations: "Why"

We Are Not Saved To Go To Heaven. If So, Why ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"We are not saved to go to heaven. If so, why didnt we go to heaven right then? Heaven is a by-product. We were saved to tell ...read more

Tags: Evangelism How To

Why Is The Atheists Main Target Always Jesus Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Why is the atheists main target always Jesus of Nazareth, and never Buddha, Confucius, or Mohammed? Why is the aspiring athletes target ...read more

Tags: Evangelism Fear Of

Liberty Means Responsibility. That's Why Most ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Liberty means responsibility. That's why ...read more

Tags: Political Freedom

Why Has Government Been Instituted At All? ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Why has government been instituted at all? Because the passions of men will not conform to the dictates of ...read more

Tags: Government

I Have Never Understood Why It Should Be ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

I have never understood why it should be considered derogatory to the Creator to ...read more

Tags: Humor

Why Should Men Pay Such A High Price For ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Why should men pay such a high price for damnation, ...read more

Tags: Cross Agony

How You Are Busy Is Not As Important As Why You ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

How you are busy is not as important as why you are busy. The bee is ...read more

Tags: Workplace

Some Men Have Thousands Of Reasons Why They ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Some men have thousands of reasons why they cannot do what they want to do, when all they ...read more

Tags: Thought

Why Not Go Out On A Limb? Isnt That Where The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Why not go out on a limb? Isnt that ...read more

Tags: Workplace Balance

Why Doesnt The Fellow Who Says, Im No ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Why doesnt the fellow who says, Im no speechmaker, let it go at that instead ...read more

Tags: Communication Speech

We Often Wonder Why They Are Called The Secrets ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

We often wonder why they are called the secrets of success when everybody is always ...read more

Tags: Workplace Success

Why Did Jesus Have To Die For Us?

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 11, 2009

WHY DID JESUS HAVE TO DIE FOR US? Perhaps this story can illustrate this for us: There was an engineer who operated a drawbridge across a mighty river. With a control panel of levers and switches, he set into motion a monstrous set of gears that either lifted the bridge for river traffic or ...read more

Tags: Atonement

Leonard Ravenhill Said This In His Book Why ...

Contributed by Paul Carlson on Feb 20, 2009

Leonard Ravenhill said this in his book Why Revival Tarries “No man is greater than his prayer life…Poverty–stricken as the church is today in many things, she is most stricken here, in the place of PRAYER. We have many organizers, but few agonizers; many players and payers, few PRAYERS. The ...read more

Tags: Prayer General

Denomination: Baptist

David Guzik Comments On Why There Are 12 Tribes, ...

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 26, 2009

David Guzik comments on why there are 12 tribes, although defined with variation: "12 is a number often associated with government or administration in God’s eyes. There are 12 tribes, 12 apostles, 12 princes of Ishmael, 12 pillars on Moses’ altar, 12 stones on the high priest’s breastplate, 12 ...read more

Tags: Ot Leaders

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Why Doesn't Anybody Wear Shoes In This ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 4, 2009

Why Doesn’t Anybody Wear Shoes in this City? In Hugh Price Hughes’ story, the "City of Everywhere," a man arrived in a city one cold morning. as he got off the train, the station was like any other station with the crowds and redcaps, except that everybody was barefooted. they wore no shoes. He ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:5-13

Tags: Prayer General

Why A Chainsaw Cuts Better Than A Traditional ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 14, 2009

Why a Chainsaw Cuts Better Than a Traditional Saw It was quite astonishing to the lumberjacks when the chainsaw was first introduced. The amount of work that several muscled-men (with their long razor-sharp timber saws) can finish in a day can be accomplished by a chainsaw in several minutes. One ...read more

Scripture: Romans 1:16

Tags: Power

Why Is The F*** Word And And The Sh** Word Used ...

Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Jan 7, 2010

"Why is the F*** word and and the Sh** word used so freely today? Jesus doesn’t directly include this in what He says about oaths in Matthew 5 but it is there by way of application and other passages enlarge on this area of sin, so I am taking a detour. The spirit of what Jesus is saying in Matthew ...read more

Tags: Tongue, Swearing

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

¿desanimarme Yo...por Qué? — Why Be Discouraged?  PRO

Contributed by Luis Marquez on Jan 17, 2010

¿Desanimarme yo...por qué? Un niño está viendo su equipo jugar beisbol, el recién llegado le pregunta: ¿Cómo va el juego?, él contesta: Vamos perdiendo 18 a 0. Oh, no te desanimes, le dice el espectador a lo que el niño contesta: ¿Desanimarme yo...por qué? Mi equipo aun no ha ido a ...read more

Tags: Encouragement

Denomination: Baptist

Reason Why Helicopter Pilot Stopped A Massacre In ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 9, 2010

Reason Why Helicopter Pilot Stopped a Massacre in Vietnam I would like to close with another quote from Thomas Long, who relates an illustration that many of us hear this morning can recall. Long writes, and I quote: “The school where I teach gave an honorary degree several years ago to a man named ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 7:12

Tags: Christian Values

Why Did The Father Will The Death Of His Only ...

Contributed by Donnie Martin on May 12, 2010

Why did the Father will the death of his only beloved Son, and in so painful and shameful a form? Because the Father had “laid on him the iniquity of us all” (Isa. 53:6). Jesus’ death was vicarious (undergone in our place) and atoning (securing remission of sins for us and reconciliation to God). ...read more

Tags: Salvation

Denomination: Baptist